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I'm a strait female who has been married twice. My longest marriage lasted 12 years. I have a relative who is gay who has been with his partner for 25 years. I find it inconceivable that these guys are denied rights that I have taken for granted. I hope that the tide is turning for them and for all gay couples.

If you have a sound, logical reason for reducing the rights and freedoms of American citizens that happen to be gay; a reason that's not based on your own, personal religious beliefs - which no one is subject to unless they choose to be part of your club - then let's hear it. I won't hold my breath while I wait.

That is neither sound nor logical. In fact I cannot even justifiably call it reasoning of any kind. Rather, your response is an expression of fear; fear borne of your own personal beliefs regarding what is "good" and "moral". I remind you that your personal beliefs are just that. No one else is subject to them. Not in this country, according to the actual law of the land.

I was on the fence on this issue. I'm a believer in God but I haven't failed to notice that God gives us the free will to choose what to do, how to act and how to live with the hand we're dealt in life. Since God gives us this self determination, who am I to infringe upon the liberty of another as long as they aren't causing me harm? The taking of offense is a choice I make for myself. I know for me personally the idea of Gay marriage is repugnant but I am a straight man. I only can say what is right or wrong for myself. I haven't walked in a gay person's shoes and I have no idea what they have gone through and what they must deal with. I have no idea if it's a choice they made or if it was something they were born with. The idea that the GOP is going to make this a campaign issue is also repugnant to me when the real issues that should concern us is how does our nation maintain solvency.

The fact that any of you are debating gay marriage displays americans level of stupidity. This is not about gay marriage- Obama's comments are pure distraction. And look its working we are no longer talking about the economy, the unemployment rate,gas prices, the housing market, the 5 trillion dollar debt Obama has caused. Instead you're talking about Obama's personal fake views on gay marriage- odd that it's at election time and he can't run on his record. If I was part of the gay community i'd be mad that Obama's using my civil rights issue to get votes.

How do you figure that gay's who make up 2% of the population can have an affect on a vote? The fact remains that this is a violation of CIVIL RIGHTS and FREEDOMS that every human is created equal in this country. EVERY ONE IS EQUAL. Also, i do believe SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE exists for a reason. Not everyone in this country is Christian, therefore your Bible is just a book a sect of people in our country follow. FREEDOM OF RELIGION. This should not be a law, did you know that in 31 states in this country you can marry your 1st cousin?? HOW IS THAT OK?

Gay marriage became law in Canada in 2005. The world did not end. Beasts did not come down from the sky to destroy us.
What it did was to remove the issue from politics and religion – in fact it's an issue that nobody talks about anymore. We have better things to do.

Anti gay....your life must really be worthless. I can only imagine how much time you have spent studying the bible, participating in religious related activities with your church, or cult or whatever you call it... Yes sorry to hear that. Must have been hard for you to branch out growing up. Im sure you found it difficult to make normal friends, that is, outside of your church. Becuase, unfortunately for you, most of the rest of us are not crazy....There is no such thing as god and religion. These are simply ideas that were conjured up because humans are afraid of death. People cannot comprehend the unknown of the afterlife, (if there is one) and are terrified by this notion. This is really the sole purpose of religion, wake up and save your soul before its too late....you....friggin...moron!

Sounds all warm and fuzzy, doesn't it? Until you realize that what he's saying is that there is no ultimate authority other than what each individual thinks. I.e., the individual sets himself up as god. Which is surely the height of arrogance.

@JT: personal beliefs regarding what is "good" and "moral"? Good and moral are established by your conscience and sustained throughout society. Whether you believe in what a greater society believes in is sometimes irrelevant. It's not everyone definition of right and wrong. I can see that your mind has been corrupted by thinking it is okay for each and every person to accept what THEY think is right and wrong. The world does not work this way and never has. There are rules and whether you choose to accept them is your choice but you have to pay the consequences for not following them.

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